Ready to take your expertise to the next level? This class is for you!
Have you always wanted to share your industry knowledge with others, but never had formal instructor training? With the MEA Skills for Effective Training class, you can bring your field experience into the classroom.
Regardless of whether you've spent your career in the field or in a classroom, this one-day course will give you the skills and confidence to teach your industry peers the knowledge you have built up over time. Don't miss this great opportunity to learn how to facilitate a class of your own.
With this course, you will be given the tools to teach:
- Adult learning approaches
- Conflict resolution
- Attributes of a leader
Bring your industry knowledge and desire to motivate others together; Become an instructor!!!!
UNIT 1: Facilitation Basics
Trainers are often thrown into their responsibilities with little to no knowledge of how to train at all. They may know the technical aspects very well or be an expert on the tasks they are training, but they often lack knowledge of what training actually looks like, or what approaches to take. This unit lays out the basics, covering differences in terminology and simple best practices.
UNIT 2: Adult Learning Styles
Everyone has different preferred learning styles. One of the major problems with training is that it often is treated as a one-size-fits-all program instead of focusing on the individual. This unit explores different adult learning styles through several prominent studies, and delves into the best way to approach learners with these different preferences.
UNIT 3: Training People Different Than You
Another common mistake in training is that trainers do not or cannot relate to the learners. Generational differences, educational differences, and many other differences play a factor in this, but all trainers must be able to work through these differences and connect with the learner. This unit looks into coaching methods, motivations, and focuses on how to meet the learner instead of forcing the learner to adapt to the trainer.
UNIT 4: Learner Focused Versus Trainer Focused
Learner focused training is very different from trainer focused training. Both of these methods have their place to be used, but too often trainers focus only on the latter option. This unit looks into these two styles, and what they both mean, as well as how to be an effective trainer with each style.
UNIT 5: Encouraging Participant Engagement
One of the biggest challenges with any training is keeping the focus and attention of the learners. The whole point of a training is so that the learners can retain the new information, and that cannot happen if they are not engaged. This unit focuses on best practices and tips on how to engage the learners in any type of training.
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*Register for Train the Evaluator class (Tuesday, Oct 22, 2019) along with this course and receive $75 off each class. Please register separately for each class and use promo code BOTHOCT2019 at each checkout. This is a savings of $150!!
Hotels
The Hilton Garden Inn
5140 American Blvd W
Bloomington MN55437
(952) 831-1012
Crowne Plaza (Bloomington)
5401 Green Valley Dr
Bloomington, MN 55437
(952) 831-8000
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel (Bloomington-Minneapolis South)
7800 Normandale Blvd
Bloomington, MN 55439
(952) 835-7800
Shuttle service is available to the MEA Training Center. Please inform the hotel upon check-in that you will be taking the shuttle to the MEA Training Center.